https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9 Made with a little mischief en-us 2021-12-07 16:54:19 UTC 2024-05-27 13:13:46 UTC hello@padlet.com mroisman https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1934065685 The Sugar Act was passed in 1764 by Parliament, and it set duties on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies. The passing of the Sugar Act greatly increased smuggling, which the British tried harder to stop in its tracks.]]> 2021-12-07 17:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1934065685 mroisman https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1934073774 The Stamp Act was passed in 1765 by Parliament, and it required colonists to pay for an official stamp or seal when they bought paper items. Colonists who refused to pay would be fined or sent to jail, and it was Parliament's first attempt to raise money by taxing the colonists directly.]]> 2021-12-07 17:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1934073774 mroisman https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1934100507 The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770, when a soldier had an argument with a colonist and struck him. Colonists gathered around the soldier and started assaulting him, and three colonists were killed.]]> 2021-12-07 17:15:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1934100507 mroisman https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1936131154 The Intolerable Acts were passed in 1774, and they were the British government's response to the Boston Tea Party. The Intolerable Acts were despised by the colonists, but they were passed to be in effect until the colonists paid for all of the tea they spilled into the ocean.]]> 2021-12-08 15:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1936131154 mroisman https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1936140477 The Tea Act was passed in 1773, and it allowed the British East India Company to ship their tea directly to the colonists. The colonists were extremely mad about this, because it took out the middle man used in the colonies to sell tea, meaning that the colonies' economy suffered.]]> 2021-12-08 15:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1936140477 mroisman https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1936147947 The Boston Tea Party occurred on December 16, 1773, and it was one of the most important events in all of American History. The Colonists were fed up from the Tea Act, and wanted to do something to rebel against the British, so they threw a shipment of tea into the Atlantic Ocean. The Intolerable Acts were a direct result of the Boston Tea Party.]]> 2021-12-08 15:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1936147947 mroisman https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1936158295 The Proclamation of 1763 was (quite obviously) passed in 1763, and it prohibited the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian mountains, which the colonists rebelled against. The Proclamation was passed to appease the Native Americans after the French and Indian War, but also to be able to keep an eye on the colonists.]]> 2021-12-08 15:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1936158295 mroisman https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1936167015 The French and Indian War started in 1754 and ended in 1763, and it was fought between the British and their Native American allies and the French and their Native American allies. Though Britain won the war, they were in extreme debt at the end of it, which prompted them to unleash a slew of taxes onto the colonies, which then, in turn, led to the Revolutionary War.]]> 2021-12-08 15:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1936167015 mroisman https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1936176347 The Quartering Act was passed in 1774, as one of the Intolerable Acts, and it required colonists to provide food, drink, shelter, and transportation to British soldiers stationed in their town. While the Act was disliked, opposition to it mostly came in the form of opposition to all of the Intolerable Acts]]> 2021-12-08 15:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mroisman/navi2sdw63jxtos9/wish/1936176347